Carl werner stuart



(No Model.)

0. W. STUART.

GLOVE FA$TENING.

Patented May 10, 1887.

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llNITE STATES PATENT FFTGE.

CARL VERNER STUART, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,553, dated May 10,1887.

Application filel August 3, 1886. Serial-No. 209,870. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, CARL WERNER STUART, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York andState of New York, have in vented certain new and useful improvements inFastenings for Gloves, Shoes, &c.; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the aceompanyi ngdrawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure1 is a perspective view showing my improved fastening applied to theflaps ot'a glove, showing the same open. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewshowing the fastening applied to the flaps of the glove, and showing thesame fastened. Fig. 3 is a vertical seetioual view taken longitudinallythrough the fastening as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a tranversesectional view taken on the line a; a: in Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is aperspective View of the movable link or fastener detached and Fig. 6 isa perspective view showing the link or fast ener applied to an ordinarybutton.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

This invention has relation to an improved fastening device for gloves,shoes, and other garments, which said device is also capable of beingapplied to buttons for the purpose of attaching the same to garments;and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which-shallpossess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability,facilityofadjustment, and general efficiency.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction and operation of said fasteningdevice, which will behereinafter fully described, and particularly The chief part, however,of said device consists of an endless link, whose function is similar tothat of a curved knobbed bar already in use and whose construction, aswell as function, resemble an endless link heretofore employed in' alike combination, but the advantage which my link possesses does notobtain in either of these devices, said advantage arising from theparticular construction of said link, as will now be set forth. 7

In the drawings hereto annexed, A designates an eye or staple which maybe attached to the flap B of a shoe, glove, or other garment in anysuitable mannerfor instance, as shown in the drawings hereto annexedbymaking the said eye or staple part of or attached to a plate or washer,0, having struck-up prongs D,which may be bent at right angles to thesaid plate or washer, so as to penetrate the garmentflap and passthrough slots in a washer-plate; E, upon the under side of thegarment-flap, after, which the said prongs may be clinched, therebymaking a secure attachment. I would have it understood, however, thatany other suitable method of attaching the eye A to the garment-flap maybe resortedto without departing from the spirit of my invention.

F is the endless link mounted in the eye or staple A. This link,constructed of a flat strip of sheet metal, is compressed at the pointsG G, about equidistantly from each other and from the ends of the link,which latter is thereby subdivided into a central loop, H, and endloops,

I I. The sides or edges of the central loop are provided with shallownotches or indentations J J, adapted to engage the eye or staple A, soas to prevent longitudinal displacement of the link, whether its centralloop is adjusted in the said eye or staple in a manner to cause the linkto rest on its side or on edge. The other flap, K, of the glove, shoe,or other garmentis provided with an eyelet, L, of such dimensions as toadmit of the link F passing readily through the same.

The operation of this invention will be read ily understood from theforegoing description, taken in connection with the drawings heretoannexed, without requiring extended explana tion. When it shall bedesired to fasten the glove or other garment to which the device isapplied, the link F is drawn through the eye or staple A until thelatter rests in one of the end loops of said link, the compressedportions Gr G acting, by reason of the elasticity of the metal of whichthe link is constructed, as spring snaps or latches to preventdisplacement of the link from the position to which it may have beenadjusted. The opposite end of the link is then passed from the underside ICC through the eyelet of the opposite garment flap, after which,by using the link as a lever, the flaps may be readily drawn togetherand the link passed entirely through the eyelet until the latter passesover the eye or staple A. The link may then be drawn back through thestaple until the latter rests in the notches of the central loop, II, ofthe said link, as shown in Figs. 2 and I of the drawings, when thefastening is complete. The notches or indentations J J serve, inconjunction with the com pressed or spring portions G of the link, topremnt longitudinal displacement of the lat ter.

In Fig. 6 of the drawings I have shown my improved link or fastenerapplied to an ordinary bntton,N,the eye of which takes the place of theeye or staple A. The button thus equipped may be used as a euff-button,or for cufls, vests, and other garments, which will be provided with asmall slit or eyeletbntton-hole for the passage of the fasteninglink andthe buttons hank or eye. The device thus forms a simple, convenient,efficient, and inexpensive attaching or fastening device for the buttonsequipped therewith.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- The combination, with an eye orstaple, of a movable and reversible endless link arranged in the same,said link being constructed with

